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...needs the new sales outlets more than the recording industry does. Sales for the industry fell 14% from their 1999 peak, to $11.6 billion in 2002, as consumers who were turned off by hefty CD prices and lame products embraced the digital black market instead. Forrester Research estimates that the migration costs the business at least $700 million in lost CD sales annually. Worse, record labels tripped up the progress toward a legal Internet music market by quibbling over rights and hoarding their artists. They spent hundreds of millions on their own online services, alienating consumers by forcing them...
WHAT IT OFFERS: About 375,000 songs from 14,000 artists. Many can be burned to a CD; the rest are for streaming only...
...MUCH IS IT? No fees since most artists use it for publicity and CD sales...
...changes his mind, however, he can always pick up the CD, which Halle said he hopes will be commercially available later this year...
...Answer - stop overcharging for CDs. In a retail outlet in Ireland, a standard album release costs anywhere from 18-25 euros ($20-28 approx.). The same CD can be purchased at an online store for 14 euros ($15 approx.). So where does the extra 28-60% difference in price go? To the artist? Not! The large record company does not care about the artist; their primary concern is to their shareholder. I use file sharing for rarities, for songs released as singles, B-sides, etc. and occasionaly for albums. But I will still purchase an original work if the price...